Candy

🇺🇿Uzbekistan

Nishalda

Нишалло

A Uzbek whipped egg white and sugar meringue with soap root or licorice, a festive and tea classic

🇬🇭Ghana

Nkate Cake

Roasted groundnuts set in dark caramelised sugar and cut into slabs while still warm.

🇫🇷France

Nougat de Montélimar

Nougat de Montélimar is a pale chewy confection of honey, sugar, almonds, and pistachios.

🇭🇰Hong Kong

Nuomici Coconut Rice Ball

糯米糍

Coconut-coated glutinous rice balls with peanut-sugar filling, the chilled Chinese-bakery sweet distinct from fried sesame balls.

🇦🇫Afghanistan

Nuql

نقل

Almonds or pistachios coated in successive layers of hard white sugar and held in the cheek while drinking tea.

🇯🇵Japan

Ohagi

おはぎ

Mochi coated in chunky sweet red bean paste or kinako, eaten during autumn equinox (ohigan).

🇧🇷Brazil

Olho-de-sogra

A Brazilian party sweet of coconut brigadeiro wrapped around a prune and finished with sugar.

🇴🇲Oman

Omani Halwa

حلوى عمانية

Omani halwa is a translucent, gelatinous confection cooked from sugar, starch, rose water, saffron, cardamom, and nuts until it pulls cleanly from the copper pot.

🇯🇵Japan

Oshiruko

お汁粉

A warm, sweet red bean soup with mochi, a winter comfort dessert often served at New Year.

🇵🇹Centro, Portugal

Ovos Moles de Aveiro

Thin communion wafers shaped like shells and filled with sweet egg yolk cream.

🇵🇼Palau

Palauan Coconut Candy

Uleld

Grated coconut with sugar formed into patties or sausage shapes, oven-baked; traditionally wrapped in dried banana leaves; a traditional Palauan candy sold at markets and made at home; a sweet that showcases the versatility of coconut.

🇹🇯Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan

Pamiri Mulberry Flour

Пихт

Dried white mulberries ground into a sweet, sandy flour, pressed into cakes or stirred with butter and eaten by the spoon.

🇮🇳India

Panjiri

پنجیری

Wholemeal flour roasted in ghee with sugar, gum arabic, melon seeds and nuts, eaten by the spoonful in winter and after childbirth.

🇧🇩West Bengal, Bangladesh

Pantua

পান্তুয়া

Chhena and semolina balls deep-fried to a dark brown and then steeped in syrup — the Bengali forerunner of gulab jamun.

🇫🇷France

Papillotes

Papillotes are wrapped chocolate sweets traditionally opened at Christmas to reveal a small paper message.

🇺🇿Uzbekistan

Parvarda

Parvarda is an Uzbek sugar pillow candy made with flour and citric acid, with a soft texture that melts on the tongue.

🇮🇷Iran

Pashmak

پشمک

Persian cotton candy: feathery strands of pulled sugar, sometimes saffron or pistachio.

🇬🇷Greece

Pasteli

Παστέλι

Greek sesame and honey bar, a simple, ancient sweet, baked or raw. A healthy, chewy, sweet snack, a national treat, sold in bakeries and markets, a traditional and ancient dessert.

🇷🇺Russia

Pastila

Пастила

Pastila is a Russian fruit confection of fruit purée, egg whites, and sugar or honey, dried until airy.

🇲🇲Pathein, Myanmar

Pathein Halawa

ပုသိမ်ဟလဝါ

Pathein Halawa is a named city confection of glutinous rice flour cooked with coconut milk, sugar and butter into a chewy, translucent slab, often studded with cashew or poppy seed.

🇧🇷São Paulo, Brazil

Paçoca

A crumbly Brazilian peanut candy of roasted peanuts, sugar and salt, pressed into small cork-shaped bites. Popular at Festa Junina and in São Paulo's interior.

🇵🇾Paraguay

Peanut Brittle

Ka'i Ladrillo

Rectangular peanut-and-molasses slabs whose name means 'brick' — peanuts held in dark cane syrup, cut sharp and sold wrapped in paper.

🇯🇲Jamaica

Peanut Drops

A Jamaican candy of whole peanuts held together in a glassy, golden brown sugar syrup, often flavored with ginger.

🇬🇼Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Peanut Sweet Balls

Canhã

Dessert of ground roasted peanuts and rice mixed with sugar, formed into balls and served cold; a simple, sweet snack using Guinea-Bissau's abundant peanuts; the rice adds body and texture to the peanut mixture.

🇺🇸New Orleans, United States

Pecan Praline

Pecan pralines

A New Orleans confection of sugar, cream, and butter cooked with toasted pecans into crisp, fudgy patties.

🇮🇳India

Peda

पेड़ा

Reduced milk solids are kneaded with sugar and cardamom into soft Indian milk fudge rounds.

🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago

Peera

A Trinidadian sweet of grated coconut, sugar, and spices (often cardamom or nutmeg) cooked into a soft, fudge-like confection.

🇬🇾Guyana

Pera

Milk powder cooked down with sugar and cardamom into a dense fudge shaped into small flattened rounds.

🇹🇼Taiwan

Persimmon Cake

柿餅

A Taiwanese confection of dried persimmon wrapped around a sweet filling.

🇮🇳Punjab, India

Pinni

ਪਿੰਨੀ

Whole wheat flour, ghee, nuts, and jaggery are cooked into dense Punjabi winter balls or squares.

🇹🇷Marmara Region, Turkey

Pişmaniye

Pismaniye, the hand-pulled flour-halva floss of Kocaeli, is a named confection sold in its own boxes and shops.

🇸🇪Sweden

Polkagris

Striped peppermint rock candy from Gränna.

🇮🇳Andhra Pradesh, India

Pootharekulu

పూతరేకులు

Paper-thin rice starch sheets are layered with ghee and sugar into Andhra's delicate sweet.

🇵🇹Alentejo, Portugal

Porquinho doce

Porquinho doce is a Portuguese sweet from Alentejo, shaped as a candy and finished with its characteristic sugar, nut, or egg filling.

🇫🇷Lyon, France

Praline Lyonnaise

Praline lyonnaise is a pink sugar-coated almond confection used in Lyon sweets and eaten on its own.

🇧🇷Brazil

Pé de Moleque

A traditional candy made from roasted peanuts bound in molten rapadura or brown sugar, cut into rough, crunchy bars.